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Do both! Layered security approach is always the best.

Mark




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From: Ivan Hernandez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 12:49 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: ASBB11; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: port 12345 windows95/nt


Don't block ports! close unknkow programs!

Richard Cotterell wrote:

>Ref: ASBB11 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>'s
>       message dated 4 Feb 2002, 16:18 hours.
>
>>Sorry for the very basic question.
>>Using superscan I found this port open on my computer. How can I
>>close  it? I use sygate personal firewall but it looks like I do
>>not have  options to shut down ports, I can only act on protocols.
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Angelo
>>
>You seem to be in need of, say, Port Blocker from AnalogX.
>
>Take a look at:
>
><http://www.analogx.com/>
>
>and decide if this is the tool you are looking for.
>
>An alternative is to use Tiny Personal Firewall (freeware if
>personal use) and block  specific protocol ports as required.
> 
>
>--
>Richard H. Cotterell  <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon,
>and the deeper it sinks into the mind.
>  -Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet and philosopher (1772-1834)
>



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